Figure 1.
The molecular pathway considered in this paper incorporates the GTPases Rac, Rho and Cdc42, and the phosphatidylinositols PIP, PIP2 and PIP3. The subscripts, a, mi and ci denote active, membrane-bound inactive and cytosolic inactive GTPases, whereas the PIPs are all membrane-bound. We consider the interactions of active GTPases and PIPs, the activation and deactivation of membrane-bound GTPases, and the binding and unbinding from the membrane of the inactive GTPases.